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5 Websites for color inspiration

Chris Bongers on February 19, 2021

I'm not a designer, not by a long shot. So when it comes to design, I need a lot of inspiration. For the redesign, I researched and wanted to find...
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Eduardo Cookie Lifter • Edited

To me, as a designer, seeing color palettes is as random as it gets because colours also represent and interpret your brand, so while it may look good, who knows if it's what your website or brand needs, nothing is better than knowing your colour theory. Color from a psychological point of view is probably what I reach for, for the most part when im trying to make a layout or a component, color is important so I think of "how would I want the user to feel like when he sees this [element] or when he reaches this page?" You can use colour to reflect that, also you don't need more than 3 or 4. Another thing that I like to do is check on colour wheels, that's all you'll probably need, you can use it to do as many variations as you want and like I said you won't be needing more than 3.

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Chris Bongers

Makes sense, mainly use it for small projects that don't have a complete brand guide.
And even so for non-designers, it can be hard finding matching colors.

Perhaps a change for you to create a cool tool for us?

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Eduardo Cookie Lifter

Maybe lol but there are many websites like this: canva.com/colors/color-wheel/ it all comes down to your primary color, once you know what that is you can start making combinations

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I use some of that websites to create powerBI themes.
one colour from my company brandbook, one from clients... now i need 6more + background + negative/neutral/positive indicatiors

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Leon Guillaume

I would add Colorinspo which i find pretty nice too

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Chris Bongers

That looks amazing! Thanks for this addition!

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Chris Bongers

Yeah coolors is my main site for a quick color scheme as well 😀

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Mr Emma

Great

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Chris Bongers

Glad you liked it 🤩

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Aratrika Mukherjee

Wow! These websites are amazing for the color scheme. I find colorhunt.co helpful as well.

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Chris Bongers

Oh nice one! Thanks for that addition